Genesis 18:29 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 18:29 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּ֨סֶף
yâçaph
H3254
to add
ע֜וֹד
ʻôwd
H5750
still
לְדַבֵּ֤ר
dâbar
H1696
to speak
אֵלָיו֙
ʼêl
H413
to
וַיֹּאמַ֔ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אוּלַ֛י
ʼûwlay
H194
perhaps
יִמָּצְא֥וּן
mâtsâʼ
H4672
to find
שָׁ֖ם
shâm
H8033
there
אַרְבָּעִ֑ים
ʼarbâʻîym
H705
forty
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙
ʼâmar
H559
to say
לֹ֣א
lôʼ
H3808
not
אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֔ה
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
בַּעֲב֖וּר
ʻâbûwr
H5668
because of
הָאַרְבָּעִֽים
ʼarbâʻîym
H705
forty
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World English Bible Public Domain
He spoke to him yet again, and said, "What if there are forty found there?" He said, "I will not do it for the forty's sake."
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King James Version Public Domain
And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then he continued again to speak to him and said, “Suppose forty are found there?” And he said, “I will not do it for the sake of the forty.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).